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TOURNAMENT RULES

1. The Tournament is open to all desiring to enter. (Including all makes and models of sea-worthy craft. Electric reels are not permitted. Only one angler may handle the rod in order for a catch to be eligible for prizes and the angler must sign an affidavit to that effect. All fish entries must meet legal and minimum requirements.

2. Tournament Headquarters will be at Rusty's Seafood at Port Canaveral. Pre-registration fee ($200, tax included) will be available until April 19th by mail or by dropping off to Chris Lee at Coconuts On The Beach. Registration of $250 will be available on April 28th at the Captains Party.
One member of each registered must attend the Captain's Party. This means MANDATORY CAPTAINS PARTY.

3. All participants in the Tournament enter at their own risk. Coconuts on the Beach and/or all of its officials including the HOT Fishing Circuit and Tournament Headquarters shall be exempt from any liability for loss, damage, negligence, harm or injury suffered by any participants, entrants, boat captains, crew members, vessels, equipment or property which may occur during the Tournament.

4. All participating vessels shall be equipped with a VHF marine band radio. Tournament headquarters and all committee boats will monitor VHF Channel 74 and will make every effort possible to assist any vessel.

5. Nothing in these Tournament Rules shall be construed to limit or restrict the authority of the Tournament Committee to modify, promulgate, add, delete, or make other changes to these rules as they deem appropriate in their discretion, without prior notice.

6. All protests must be made in writing to the Tournament Director, with a $250 (cash) deposit by 6:00 p.m. on the day of the Tournament. All decisions of the Tournament Committee are binding. Rules will be applied equally to all contestants.
If the protest is upheld, the $250 will be refunded.

CHECK-OUT
7. You may leave from any port. No lines in the water prior to 6:30 am. This includes bait rigs of any kind. Castnetting is permitted.
Anglers are expected to familiarize themselves with NASA security zones which may be in effect. There are no boundaries.

8. If the weather is unsafe or if Space Center operations prohibit fishing on Tournament Day, the Tournament will be rescheduled to the day after, Sunday the 29th. If Sunday is unfishable the tournament will be postponed until May 5th. If there are no small craft advisories issued by NOAA Weather Radio, and the Tournament Committee does not consider conditions to be unsafe, the Tournament will start as scheduled.

9. NO REFUNDS

10. Please NO WAKE in Canaveral Harbor. Anglers are cautioned to allow sufficient time to proceed from the Harbor to the weigh-in station at idle speed. Violations will result in disqualification.


WEIGH-IN
11. All eligible fish must be brought by water to Rusty's at the Port on the boat from which they were caught and weighed in at Tournament Headquarters between 2:30 p.m. and 5:00 p.m. All boats weighing fish must be in line by 5:00 p.m. All anglers are responsible for their own fish. The Tournament Committee reserves the right to inspect any boat for rule violations at weigh-in. Fish must be in whole condition.
Mutilated fish will not be weighed in.

12. In the event that a boat, specifically authorized to do so by the Tournament Director, is in the act of rendering aid to another vessel and therefore does not return in time to make the 5:00 p.m. deadline, then such boats will be exempt from the 5:00 p.m. deadline. The aided or rescued boats will not be allowed to weigh-in after 5:00 p.m. The tournament will not be concluded until such boats, which have been granted an exemption, have either weighed in their fish or have withdrawn from the competition.

13. All participants presenting entries for prize consideration agree to consent to a lie detector test if so requested by the Tournament Committee. All fish weighed will be marked or notched upon reaching the scale to preclude reweighing. Fish may be subject to Torey Meter testing.
In the event that a prize is not won, it may be redistributed at the sole discretion of the Tournament Committee.
If there is a tie, the first fish weighed in beats any fish of the same species and size weighed in afterward.
Wirelines allowed. All other IGFA rules apply.

*14. Slam must be one wahoo and one dolphin. Each fish must weigh 10lbs to qualify for Top Slam. Each fish must meet state guidelines.

15. Only one place per fish. Only two fish per species allowed to weigh in. Top Slam prize winner cannot win any other category. Teams may only win one category per species.

Coconuts on the Beach, Rusty's Seafood and Oyster Bar, Boat Tree all other affiliates/sponsors are not responsible for any damage, loss or liability.

2006 Tourney Review

Thanks to all that participated in the 2006 Coconuts Wahoo and Dolphin Shootout. We had 108 boats compete even after a 3 week postponement. While no one won the slam prize there were some nice fish weighed in including a 56.6# Dolphin by team Top Billing. The following is a table of the winners. Be sure to check back during the beginning of 2007 as we update the site for the 2007 tournament which will be the 10th annual. You can bet we will make this the most exciting tournament to hit Brevard in years.